Posted by
Nonin Stone on Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:00:41 PM
Yes, I'm fed up:
...with citizens who demand poorly-thought solutions based on the TV nightly news testimony delivered by some talking-head "expert."
...with voters who demand and allow legislation, the contents of which they are not even remotely familiar.
...with Americans being cast as the bad guys; especially by those citizens who enjoy the freedoms bestowed by this great nation. I am unashamedly proud and lucky to be an American.
...with the general population's ignorance of fundamental economics, the kind that kids used to begin learning at around elementary school third-grade level. It's frightening to realize how few people know the difference between socialism and capitalism.
...with the notion the creation of more laws is the cure for violent crime, and with the liberal gun-hater's idea that armed law-abiding citizens are the problem.
...with teachers who teach kids what to think, instead teaching students how to think. The throw-more-money-at-education mentality championed by the teachers' unions and administrators groups also gets my goat.
I'm fed up with the general lack of interest in our nation's history, its foundations, and in its struggles along the way that have brought us to modern times where we enjoy the highest standard of living and most freedom in the world. Any sincere historical interest would foster enough knowledge to keep us off our current dangerous path.
And fed up:
...with the race exploiters, who turn any issue in which one of the participants has a darker skin color, into a "race" issue. I do not place stock in such entities as the "latino" community, the "black caucus" and hyphenated-Americans.
...with those who try to make their sexuality and sexual preferences my business. I don't care. It's not my business. Please leave your lisp and limp wrist at home. A life defined by sexual preference is the shallowest of existence.
In the succeeding days, these are a few of the topics on which I hope to touch. My writing will not always be articulate, sometimes even seeming incoherent. Please bear with me.
In embracing my First Amendment rights, I choose my words to say what I mean. From time to time, some may find that offensive. Not my problem.
This is my very first blog. Through it, I hope I can add some clear water to today's muddied thinking, and perhaps nourish some roots of reason.